Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITiES.

A sloop load of contrabsnd Chinese ara
in limbo at Seattle.
The remains of Roman villa have been
found near Bristol.
King Malletoa, of Samoa, is a captive on
German gunboat.
There has been a slight advance in Brit
ish wheat quotations.
1t is believed that Germany has formed
an alliance with Italy.
Alvin Josslyn's famous diamonds were
seized for taxes at Butte, NJ. T.
Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, is said
to be threatened with softening of the
brain.
NJ. b. French. a pioneer of Tehama
county, died of apoplexy at Red Bluff last
Saturday.
The Western Union Company is said to
have absorbed the Baltimore and Ohio tele-
graphic system.
Mark Twain is residing at Buckingham
Hall, near Norwich, Eng, which he has
taken for year.
Newton Abel was committed to prison
at Salinas to await trial for the murder of
McArdle and Reardon.
Italy believes Germany should support
the Italian policy of expansion toward
Egypt, Tripoli and Albania.
Two of the firemen who wrecked the
| station house and telegraph Office at SIAM
pede, w. T., have been arrested.
Count Herbert Bismarck will pay short
visit to England this month, but no polit-
| ical significance is attached to it.
Among the winners at Jerome Park yes.
terday was Baldwin's Volante. Baldwin's
| Solid Silver also won race at Latonia, KY
The National Farmers Alliance began
its seventh annual convention at Mime
apolis yesterday, with fifty delegates pres
emit.
| Sir Thomas Grafton Esmonde and Ar
| thur O'Connor have arrived at New York
They come to America as representatives o
| the Irish Parliamentary party.
Justice Meadows, of Tonic Basin refused
to allow the Tewksburys to waive eXami
nation, admitting that his reason was tina
he wanted a fee out of the case.
The Castle of Chillon, well known to al
visitors to Lake Geneva, is about to b,
thoroughly restored. 1t is intended to b,
converted into National Museum.
A man was found dead in the hills o
Santa Clara Monday night. His name wa.
Anderson, a native of Sweden, aged 81
years. He died from drink and exposure
A shock of earthquake was felt through
out Greece yesterday morning. The dis
turbance was strongest on the northern
and southern shores of the Gulf of Corinth
The Superior Court of Mendocino count,
has declared illegal on technical grounds
the action of the Board of Equalization il
raising the assessment of redwood land
last year.
A man at TitUsville, Fla, was out watch
Ing his melon-patch the other night whel
he heard a rustling in his orange grove nea
by and fired, bringing down his mother-in
law He has retired that gun on full pay
Fishing vessels from Grand Banks repor
gale on September Sd as exceptionally Sc
we're and the loss of life heavy. After i
was over several empty dories were seen
One of the returned vessels lost three mel
and another five.
There is no foundation for the report O
a separate establishment for Princess Beat
rice and Prince Henry next year. The
will continue to reside with Her Majesty
who cannot bear to be separated from
Princess Beatrice.
A British syndicate in Iowa is accused c
a series of the most heartless evictions o.
its lands. The sick and aged have bee
turned out into the storms, and delicat
women and children treated with cruelty
The matter will, it is said, be laid befor
Congress.
A splendid consignment Of horses ha
left the Clyde in the Allan line steame
Carthagenian for Montreal. their destina
ton being Lewistown. They were al
stations, and carefully selected from tn
best studs. There were eight Shire horse.
six Clydesdales, three Suffolks and ST
Percherens from France.